I’ve never fully understood how the ‘popcorn’ button on microwaves work (I’ve read different things that may or may not all be true depending on make/model), but my current one always runs for exactly 3 seconds too long and ever so slightly burns the popcorn.

It’s not burned enough to throw it out, but it does give a noticeable “burnt popcorn” smell that kind of ruins my day.

So instead of pressing “popcorn” and doing something else, I have to stand there and watch it to hit ‘cancel’ in time.

    • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      4 days ago

      Sometimes I think the internet needs an Alec symbol to shine anytime Technology Connections needs to be invoked.

      I imagine it would be like the bat signal, but look like hand painted LED Christmas lights or something.

    • themeatbridge@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      4 days ago

      TLDW: The moisture sensor might be on the right side of the microwave, and the bag was pointing left when the steam was released.

      But that was definitely worth a watch.

      • spicy pancake@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        4 days ago

        Would that mean best practice is to point the most-likely-to-pop-open end towards the center of the rotating plate?

    • Acamon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 days ago

      Thia is exactly the video I was thinking of. I only came across his channel recently, and it is an absolute pleasure.

      • Spraynard Kruger@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 days ago

        I have watched this man explain the refrigeration cycle, where he dicusses what latent heat of vaporization is in so many videos, so many times over, and I still could not tell you how it works.

        But that doesn’t mean he’s not good at explaining it, it just means I have too much of a caveman brain to understand it.